Comments:
Really great, crisp sound in this powerful and excellent show. The opening
salvo is awesome, and Jimmy plays one of the best solos in Stairway
To Heaven, and it's only 1972! Dazed And Confused is truly awesome and
a riotous medley closes the show. The crowd is going nuts throughout
the show, with Robert telling them to shut up, and it's not hard to
see why!

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree,
Feelin' Groovy..), Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since
I've Been Loving You, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut
], [ cut ], Going To California [ cut ], That's The Way,
Tangerine.Source: Incomplete very good 1st audience
recording. Almost 53 minutes.Details: A close to the stage and clear
recording, with all the instruments properly balanced. The tape is somehow
hissy, especially in a quiter moments. The tape survives many years
ago on couple of vinyl bootlegs and it is told that reel to reel master
is lost and only low gen copies surfaced.

Recording Includes:
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused [ cut ],
Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun,
Let's Have A Party [ cut ]..) [ cut ].Source: Incomplete good to very good 3rd
audience recording. Near 48 minutes.Details: This tape stands significantly
below from the previous recording - it's more muffled but still very
enjoyable except for a large hiss (you may think the music is just hidden
behind of tape noise). The main difference is that this tape lacks some
high end. There's a possibility that earlier part of this show is also
included on this source but yet either no low gen or silver pressed
title in circulation has any of fragments.

Comments:
A great show! Robert's voice is unreal ... the scream he lets loose
in Since I've Been Loving You is blood curdling, and the band's jams
on Dazed And Confused and Whole Lotta Love are unreal! The acoustic
set is wonderful, and the show is cut short by a rainstorm that develops
suddenly over this outdoor venue. "Well, it's started to rain,
I think it's time we gotta go. If we don't go now, we're gonna die,
I don't wanna know!" sung Plant at the end of Dazed And Confused
... still, the great recording makes this one excellent.

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You,
[ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], That's The Way,
Tangerine, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused (<< Improvisation
based on The Song Remains The Same theme..) [ cut ], [ cut
], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Let's
Have A Party, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..) [ cut ], [
cut ], Communication Breakdown.Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
1st audience recording. Almost 85 minutes.Details: The tape is clear and well-balanced
with a great sense of atmosphere. The hiss is not disturbing nothing
really. The only drawback (for some of listeners) might be the guy near
the taper, because he has an annoying chuckle - he keeps this thing
throughout the whole show.

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Out On The
Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Celebration
Day [ cut ], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut
], Going To California [ cut ], [ cut ], That's The Way,
Tangerine, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<<
Improvisation based on The Song Remains The Same theme..), What Is And
What Should Never Be [ cut ], Moby Dick, Rock And Roll, Whole
Lotta Love [ cut ].Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd
audience recording. 112 minutes>Details: The sound quality is not as consistent
and is more distant and the sound is muffled. There is hiss and some
annoying sleazy tape chatter is included.

Comments:
Another excellent show! A very unusual thing happens during Dazed And
Confused just prior to Jimmy's bow solo, he starts playing a section
of the then unreleased The Song Remains The Same! No two versions are
ever the same and it's great to hear this surprising inclusion. Furious
Communication Breakdown is played as a closer to delight of rowdy and
audience.

FEBRUARY 27 - SHOWGROUND, SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA (SUNDAY, 2pm)The concert was partially filmed on amateur equipment and by local
TV station. Fragments were used on "Whole Lotta Love" promo
video in 1997. Finally, the large fragment of black and white TV broadcast
(Rock And Roll) and some of the silent color amateur footage dubbed
with Immigrant Song from Long Beach Arena June 27, 1972 were used on
DVD in 2003.

Recording Includes:
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp, [ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love
(<< Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, The Rover, Let's Have A Party,
Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Going Down Slow..). Source: Incomplete good 1st audience source.
41 minutes.Details: The tape is clear but rather muffled
one. The recorder was close to the stage producing a fairly balanced
mix. Plant's vocal range comes through at the top of the mix. The guitar
and drums are close behind. The bass, unfortunately, is nothing more
than a low rumble in the recording. Rock And Roll is out of sequence
originally, and is presented at the end.

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You,
Celebration Day, Stairway To Heaven, Going To California, That's The
Way, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused, What Is And What Should
Never Be, Moby Dick, Rock And Roll, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie
Chillun, The Rover..) [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color 1st
amateur movie. 16 minutes.Details: The film appears to come from
three different cameras positioned around the stage and is often jumpy,
filmed by members of the road crew. Commonly circulated versions are
synched up with available audios from the show except for tape drone
before Immigrant Song, which is dubbed from official DVD soundtrack.
Because of lack of some audio from actual performance, several fragments
are synched up with other Australian and New Zealand recordings. The
official DVD features an edit of this footage synched up with Immigrant
Song from How The West Was Won.

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song, Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Celebration Day,
Going To California, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused, Moby Dick,
Rock And Roll [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color 2nd
amateur movie. Almost 3 minutes.Details: Filmed in the front of stage,
capturing band members' height occupying screen's middle, positioning
the stage and its perypherials around throughout. The film is distant,
taped from balcony and also blurred when zoomed. Again, some audios
are taken from different dates to synched up available content while
tape drone before Immigrant Song is merged from the official DVD soundtrack.
Some commercially released versions are poorly synched with Sydney audio
only.

Recording Includes:
Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Dazed And Confused [ cut throughout
].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color 3rd
amateur movie. 3 minutes.Details: Filmed from the ground with a
distance, from the left side of stage. Band members' height and the
stage are filling screen's middle for the most part, sometimes zoomed
out to shown entire stage, balcony etc. Synched up with remainder audios
except for Heartbreaker, which is merged from different night because
of lack of audio from actual show. Some commercially released versions
are poorly synched with Sydney audio only.

Recording Includes:
Thank You [ cut ].Source: Incomplete 16mm silent color 4th
amateur movie. 2 minute.Details: Filmed just few meters away from
the stage, positioned on the left side. Closely shot. Audience shot
from some distance is included before the music content. Taper said
he had about 5 minutes of actual footage so there's twice as much as
the sample - maybe no more concert footage, however. Some copies are
synched up with existing audio.

Recording Includes:
Whole Lotta Love, Rock And Roll, Let's Have A Party [ cut throughout
].Source: Incomplete 16mm black and white
professional footage with actual sound. 6 minutes.Details: Filmed with zoom in and out edits
by local ABC TV crew for documentary from balcony. Distance scale ranges
from band member height occupying screens height to the whole
stage and its perypherials filling the screen. Audience is shown in
few spots, clapping and dancing throughout. Whole Lotta Love is out
of order and some small part of audio is not presented on commercially
circulated versions, althought it does appear on fan-made source merge
as it wasn't dubbed before. It is also said that Dazed And Confused
was aso hot professionally on stage, in color, but without actual sound
and is not circulated anywhere yet. The official DVD contains only Rock
And Roll.

Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) 4th amateur footage:
Flying High With Led Zeppelin (Beelzebub Records), History Lesson (Empress
Valley Supreme Disc), & Thunder Down Under (The Complete 1972 Australian
And New Zealand Recordings): Sydney Showgrounds And More (Empress Valley
Supreme Disc)

Official Visual
Reference(s) professional footage:
DVD (Warner Music Vision)

Bootleg Visual
Reference(s) professional footage:
1970-1972 (Cosmic Energy, Australian Tour 1972 (Way Of Wizard), Early
Visions/The Best Of Led Zeppelin Clips Volume One (Celebration Definitive
Masters), Film Noir Volume 1 - 1969~1975 (Hercules), Hats Off To John
Bonham (Sugar Mama), History Lesson (Empress Valley Supreme Disc), &
Thunder Down Under (The Complete 1972 Australian And New Zealand Recordings):
Sydney Showgrounds And More (Empress Valley Supreme Disc)

Comments:
Plant laid down some ground rules: "Now listen! We've already come
across the one problem we were told about. Now, there's been a lot of
mistakes about this thing, but we don't want to make any mistakes and
neither do you, alright? So don't come past this barrier, otherwise
ythere's gonna be some shit. And why don't you sit down ... and if it
rains, we're gonna have to stop. That's a fact, it'll blow up! Take
a seat!" Black Dog is played with fury and impact and is one of
the greatest versions I've ever heard. The bowing solo in Dazed And
Confused, warmly received, is a delightful novelty to the provincial
punters and this is another great version of this song. Rock And Roll
is delivered with swaggering fury. Plant reaches the notes the ear expects.
Whole Lotta Love and its rock medley, including a fully-realized, instrumental
version of The Rover, heard years before its official release, is a
truly awesome!

Comments:
The final show of the Australian tour and the only indoor show of the
tour. An excellent, high-powered show in front of another rowdy Australian
crowd! The opening numbers are excellent and Robert's singing on Since
I've Been Loving You is pure emotion and one of the best versions I
have ever heard. A restless audience stops That's The Way a minute into
the song. After Plant's seating instructions, they start the song again.
Dazed And Confused is great - some parts are very, very intriguing and
teasing. The medley is excellent and contains some really rare inclusions.

Led
Zeppelin Warm-Up for Eight North American Tour
May 27, 1972 - May 28, 1972

MAY 27 - OUDE RAI, AMSTERDAM,
HOLLAND (SATURDAY, 8:15pm)Lou Van Rees introduced the band. Aired on "Hard Rock Heaven",
CCTV local networked TV show, Amsterdam, Holland, June 1972. Rumoured
that the full quality Immigrant Song was filmed and was given to Page.
The band also did long afternoon rehearsal and tried couple of new songs
from not yet released "Houses Of The Holy" album.

Recording Includes:
Announcements [ cut ], Immigrant Song [ cut ] >>
Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Celebration Day, Stairway
To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And
Confused (<< I Wish You Would, Instrumental Improvisation based
on The Crunge theme..), What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick
[ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody
Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Hello Mary Lou, Running Bear,
That's Alright Mama, Tobacco Road, Hootchie Kootchie Man, Going Down
Slow, The Shape I'm In..), [ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut
], Communication Breakdown.Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 122 minutes.Details: Taped from right of the stage,
the show was recorded over rehearsal taped afternoon same day. The vocals
and guitar are prominent in the mix. The bass and drums at times mesh
together and are lower in the mix. While it is still very much listenable
it's got a rather dull tone to it and overloaded for the most part.

Recording Includes:
Miscellaneous scenes (airport arrival, entering their hotel, Richard
Cole opening a briefcase with group's cash and talking to the promoter),
Immigrant Song [ cut ].Source: Incomplete 16mm silent color professional
TV recording with the exception of Immigrant Song, which has actual
sound. 3 minutes.Details: Shot by a local TV crew for documentary.
A recent digital broadcast brought the video in a much better quality,
but edited out some parts. Though the end is a bit longer on original
broadcast. Footage shows airport arrival and other miscellaneous scenes.
A short clip of Immigrant Song is shown, closely filmed but degenerated.

Comments:
An extremely rare show, this was a warm-up for the US Tour, and a great
show it is. Robert's voice is just amazing, and the playing and spontaneity
of the improvisations are phenomenal. Celebration Day is wonderful and
a really great, fast and furious Dazed And Confused is given to the
restrained crowd. Even Moby Dick is short, tight and enjoyable. The
blistering encores and the Whole Lotta Love (with some very unique and
odd references) finally make the crowd hysterical.

Comments:
A great show in front of an extremely rowdy crowd that Robert has to
keep yelling at. The playing is great, and a really nice acoustic set
is played. Plant stops Going To California right as hes about to start
its vocals. He complains about the noise and the audience not sitting
down. They then restart the song. Also the band has problems with PA
during the whole acoustic section and a fragment of Dazed And Confused.
A firecracker explodes during bow solo. Page stops soon after. It has
some great improvisations towards the end and a killer Whole Lotta Love
medley includes many rare and energetic covers. Moby Dick isn't played
due to the crowd's behavior.

Comments:
A very good, although somewhat low key gig, the second of the 1972 US
Tour. The problems that plagued their previous American concerts are
presented here as well. Plant said at the beginning of the show: "I
can hear it. It really doesn't sound so good. Everywhere we go around
the country, everybody wants somebody else to stand up or sit down and
every time I say anything about one thing or the other, there's lots
of chaos. So can you sit down?" Jimmy is really fast and fluid
and the band is excellent. Robert's voice seems a little damage but
he still manages to hit most of his range and what he lacks in power
he makes up for passion. The acoustic set is excellent and Dazed And
Confused is one of the best 1972 versions. The long medley is amazing
with some incredibly rare stuff being played that had never been done
in a medley before or since and the newly surfaced encores rock hard,
especially Rock And Roll.

Comments:
An excellent, short and complete show in front of a rather acerbic crowd.
The acoustic section is excellent and Jimmy's outro solo in Black Dog
and all of Heartbreaker are excellent, including one of the best 1972
Dazed And Confused versions ever and a killer Stairway To Heaven solo!
Knees Up Mother Brown is a short tease that Plant commented: "Actually,
that's on the next album!" As always, there are some troubles with
the audience and Plant appealing for calm down. Celebration Day has
its second to last 1972 premier and Whole Lotta Love doesn't contain
any medley ... very rare! Two high powered encores cap this show.

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), Out On The
Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway
To Heaven, Going To California, That's The Way, [ cut ], Tangerine,
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge, Walter's
Walk, Hots On For Nowhere..), What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby
Dick [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody
To Love, Boogie Chillun, I Need Your Love Tonight, Hello Mary Lou, Heartbreak
Hotel, Going Down, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..), Rock And Roll,
Communication Breakdown (<< Bold Soul Sister..).Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 164 minutes.Details: There are only a few intrusions
of audience noise but they are tolerable. The instruments are well balanced
and clear despite the recording sounding fairly distant and there is
some rather minor tape hiss. The recording suffers slightly during the
encores where the audience was probably on their feet.

Comments:
An excellent show with excellent sound! The band is on and plays truly
excellent music. While Immigrant Song has lyrics repeated twice at some
point the rest of the show is on top form. Friends is only short vocal
rehearsal and it is followed by short and unknown medley. Plant making
some reference to Elvis Presley while he's introducing an aocoustic
set: "We went to see Elvis Presley. That guy did so much for music
- long time ago, mind you! His voice has gone down about two or three
tones and seemed to have changed a bit and his waist is a bit bigger."
Dazed And Confused is outstanding and the Whole Lotta Love medley is
fast, furious, and lots of fun!! Robert's voice is just beautiful, especially
in the great, intimate acoustic set, and overall, this concert rates
as one of the best from the 1972 US Tour.

Comments:
A really good, highly spirited show with fine versions of Black Dog
and Dazed And Confused. What makes this recording very interesting albeit
its poor quality is the presentation of Bring It On Home, the song that
was not played for more than one and a half year! It contains famous
battle between Page and Bonham, also a fine excerpts from The Lemon
Song and Cat's Squirrel and is possibly the brightest moment of this
tape. So shame there's no alternate source.

Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Burn Like
A Candle (Smoking Pig), Burn That Candle (Tarantura2000), Nassau Coliseum
1971 First Night (Lighthouse), Night At The Heartbreak Hotel (Missing
Link), Sometime In New York City (Image Quality), Whole Lotta Led (Badgeholders),
& Whole Lotta Led - Get The Led Out (Tarantura2000)

Comments:
A legendary show where Zeppelin really shines and plays some of their
best music this tour! Robert's voice is incredibly gutsy and the band
is unstoppable as they roll through the set! Dazed And Confused is beyond
belief and the Whole Lotta Love medley is exceptional, with many obscure
references. The encores are great including a rare, great version of
Weekend. During the last encore the auditorium joining in with the whole
band so Plant said: "I wanna hear you louder than us!"

Recording Includes:
Tape Drone [ cut ] >> Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker
(<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway To Heaven [ cut
], Going To California, That's The Way, Tangerine, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
[ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<< Walter's Walk, The Crunge..),
What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], Whole Lotta
Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Willie
And The Hand Jive, Hello Mary Lou, Money Honey, Heartbreak Hotel, Bottle
It Up and Go, They're Red Hot, It's Tight Like That, Going Down Slow
[ cut ]..) [ cut ].Source: Incomplete good audience recording.
121 minutes.Details: The tape is quite hissy but very
clear and perfectly captures the atmosphere in the newly opened Nassau
Coliseum that evening. It starts off a little distant and muffled but
improves rather noticeably. The audience is very noisy apart from during
the final two acoustic numbers. It is reported that Artie (the person
responsible for idea of recording this show) was sitting on the stage
with a t-shirt that had "STAFF" (or security) on it while
Nicky (his mate) was recording this show. Artie had two 120 minutes
tapes, one was in the recorder and the other was with Artie. When security
found Artie on the stage they took him to the security office and then
brought him back to the seats his ticket was for (nowhere near Nicky).
That's why only one tape is available.

Comments:
Another wild and excellent show the night after! The band is just perfect;
everyone came to play! Jones and Bonham play some amazing lines behind
Jimmy in one of the best versions of Dazed And Confused from the tour!
During Heartbreak Hotel many members of the audience started some movement
and the authorities raised the house lights so they could check what's
going on. The Whole Lotta Love medley is long and wonderful and Robert's
voice is at its most pristine throughout this show.

Recording Includes:
Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], Going To California, That's The Way,
Tangerine, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<<
Walter's Walk, The Crunge..) [ cut ], What Is And What Should
Never Be, Moby Dick [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie
Chillun, Boppin' The Blues, Hello Mary Lou, Going Down Slow..), [ cut
], Rock And Roll.Source: Incomplete fair to good audience
recording. 97 minutes.Details: The tape is muffled, quite distorted
and hissy - it sounds like it was recorded under a towel but still has
a smooth sound although the quality deteriorates by Rock And Roll.

Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Live In
Portland 1972 (Shout To The Top)

Comments:
An excellent part of highly spirited show. Great playing and amazing
singing from Robert. Dazed And Confused is exceptional as any version
from this tour and the acoustic set is just priceless! The medley is
excellent too. Where's the rest?!

JUNE 18 - SEATTLE CENTER COLISEUM,
SEATTLE (WA), UNITED STATES (SUNDAY, 8pm)The show was moved from Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver (BC), Canada.

Recording Includes:
Announcements, [ cut ], Tape Drone [ cut ], Immigrant
Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Out
On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway
To Heaven, Going To California.Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
47 minutes.Details: The balance is perfect but the
sharpness could be a bit better here...still not an inhibiting factor
from the enjoyment in general.

Comments:
All that is known to exist from this show. The night after is legendary
and from what I can hear here, this one must have been very, very good
too. We can only speculate if during that show some previews were also
played. The show in itself was postoponed from Vancouver to Seattle
due to authorities: "Well, what can we say? Something tried to
do a lot of damage in Vancouver, I believe; breaking doors down and
all that old shit! It's pretty unfortunate really when we try to stand
for an alternative idea to the system that goes on now, and we're talking
about love and peace and somebody's smashing everything up. I don't
really know the situation, but I know that we couldn't go this year.
We couldn't even go across the boarder. So, anybody from Vancouver here?
Well, that's nice one! We've always had such a good time there."
Some movement was in the audience during the acoustic set. Since I've
Been Loving You is just outstanding and the band seems to be in good
spirits and the playing is as good as ever.

Comments:
One of the most legendary concerts ever! Over three hours long and what
a show. There are lots of previews for the next album including Dancing
Days performed twice! Plant introduced that song: "Well, that's
the first time I believe we've ever done it. All being well we're gonna
get this album out before the summer goes!" Black Country Woman
gets its first live airing here, three years before it is released and
five years before it is played live again. The organ medley contains
many songs including Louie Louie! Dazed And Confused is one of the longest
and best versions I have ever heard, including Walter's Walk and The
Crunge among other references. After more than three hours, Plant tells
to the audience: "We're only contracted to do fifty minutes in
the first place and it's now three hours and twenty minutes since we
started."

JUNE 22 - SWING AUDITORIUM,
SAN BERNARDINO (CA), UNITED STATES (THURSDAY)

Recording Includes:
Tape Drone [ cut ] >> Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker
(<< Bouree..), Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since
I've Been Loving You, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Going To California,
[ cut ], That's The Way, Tangerine, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp [ cut
], Dazed And Confused (<< Walter's Walk, The Crunge..), What Is
And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody
Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, Hello Mary
Lou, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..), Rock And Roll.Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
Near 139 minutes.Details: The recorder was located fairly
close to the stage enabling the instruments to be clearly heard independent
of one another. It was probably located slightly closer to the guitar
and vocal side of the PA system burying the bass and drums just a hair
below the vocals and guitar. There is rather minor tape hiss.

Comments:
A short, compact and regular set in front of a dull crowd. Even though
there are no previews whatsoever here and only one encore, the standard
set still excites. Dazed And Confused is pure genius in 25 minutes and
the entire show is delivered with guts and emotion to an audience that
is way too undeserving ... the crowd is quiet and responds dully after
songs (Plant: "C'mon all you white folks - do The Crunge!")
... a shame as this is a blistering set. The atmosphere on the tape
is one of a dull show due to the crowd, but focus on Zeppelin and you
will find this show to be short, standard, but breathtakingly exciting
and excellently played.

JUNE 25 - THE FORUM, INGLEWOOD
(CA), UNITED STATES (SUNDAY, 7:30pm)Whole concert was recorded professionally. The large fragments were
later released on How The West Was Won album in 2003. The afternoon
soundcheck likely was also recorded and consisted of "Elvis Golden
Discs Volume One" renditions.

Recording Includes:
Tape Drone [ cut ] >> Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker
(<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Over The Hills And Far Away, Out
On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway
To Heaven, Going To California, That's The Way, Tangerine, Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp, Dazed And Confused (<< Walter's Walk, The Crunge..), [
cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be, Dancing Days, Moby Dick,
Whole Lotta Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Everybody Needs Somebody
To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, Hello Mary Lou, Heartbreak
Hotel, Slow Down, Going Down Slow [ cut ], The Shape I'm In..),
[ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], The Ocean, Louie Louie
>> Organ Solo >> Thank You, [ cut ], Communication
Breakdown, [ cut ], Bring It On Home.Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
audience recording. 188 minutes.Details: The tape is very clear and well
balanced with slight top end distortion but is very treble biased. There
is only minor tape hiss that is almost unlistenable when the music is
present.

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..),
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away,
Stairway To Heaven, That's The Way, Dazed And Confused (<< Walter's
Walk, The Crunge..), Dancing Days, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<<
Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, Hello Mary Lou, Going Down Slow..),
The Ocean, Bring It On Home.Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording.
Circa 123 minutes.Details: The recording is a fully professional
mixdown of multitrack. First five tracks as well as Stairway To Heaven
and Dancing Days are mixed with Long Beach June 27th, 1972 show. Furthermore,
Stairway's mellotron part has been merged with isolated track from Southampton
June 22nd, 1973 show. All songs underwent some extensive editing (some
of medleys from Whole Lotta Love are excluded due to copyright issues
for example).

Comments:
This is quite possibly the best Zeppelin gig ever! The set has a bit
of new material for the as-of-yet-unrecorded Houses Of The Holy album,
as well as killer playing from everyone. Over The Hills And Far Away
was well introduced by Plant: "We'd like to try a number off the
new album. We haven't really decided what we're gonna do at the end
of it yet, so you'll have to bear with us! This is a thing called Over
The Hills And Far Away, which is always a good place to be." Robert's
voice is in incredible shape, Jimmy plays brilliantly, especially on
Since I've Been Loving You, and this whole show is just great. Dancing
Days was another triumph and Plant told the audience about the new album
that it "is not gonna be called Led Zeppelin Five, it's got every
possibility of being called Burn That Candle." 25 minutes of Whole
Lotta Love bring down the house, followed by seven encores! After Rock
And Roll Plant told to someone who have been fighting: "Hey, big
man, cool it! Let me tell you something. Before there's any blows start.
You start blowing blows and we'll go, right? And let me tell you something
else - it's no good antagonising them either. If everybody keeps cool,
we can stay here all night!" and an excitement crows roared. Even
more, after Thank You Plant added: "You don't even give us a chance
to have a cigarette, do ya? I was thinking of the other variety actually."

JUNE 27 - LONG BEACH ARENA,
LONG BEACH (CA), UNITED STATES (TUESDAY, 8pm)Whole concert was recorded professionally. The large fragments were
later released on How The West Was Won album in 2003. (Immigrant Song
dubbed to silent color amateur footage for Sydney Feb. 27, 1972 was
used on DVD in 2003.)

Recording Includes:
Immigrant Song [ cut ] >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away,
Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], Going
To California, That's The Way, Tangerine, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And
Confused [ cut ], [ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ], Whole
Lotta Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Everybody Needs Somebody To
Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, Hello Mary Lou, Blueberry
Hill, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..) [ cut ], Rock And
Roll.Source: Incomplete poor to fair 1st audience
recording. 119 minutes.Details: The source is very distant and
sounds like it was recorded in the balcony at the party. There is some
echo and some notes are unlistenable as they are drowned into the crowd's
noise. What worse, some annoying tape speed issues making Whole Lota
Love rather difficult to listen at some parts.

Recording Includes:
Tape Drone >> Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..),
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog [ cut ], Over The Hills
And Far Away [ cut ], Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway To
Heaven, [ cut ], Going To California, That's The Way, Tangerine,
Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<< Walter's
Walk, The Crunge..) [ cut ], What Is And What Should Never Be,
Dancing Days, Moby Dick [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Just
A Little Bit, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's
Have A Party, Hello Mary Lou, Blueberry Hill, Going Down Slow, The Shape
I'm In..) [ cut ], [ cut ], Rock And Roll.Source: Incomplete poor to fair 2nd audience
recording. Near 143 minutes.Details: The source is very distorted and
distant so listening to the actual music is very painful experience.
Only acoustic portion is listenable but the end of the tape is almost
indecipherable. Whole Lotta Love plays at different speed than the rest
of recording, and the very end of tape, Plant's voice sounds like chipmunks.

Recording Includes:
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away,
[ cut ], That's The Way [ cut ], Tangerine, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused (<< Walter's Walk, The Crunge..), [ cut
], Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Everybody
Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, Hello Mary
Lou, Blueberry Hill, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..).Source: Incomplete good to very good 4th
audience recording. Near 103 minutes.Details: Although still somewhat distant,
this is the best of all four audience tapes survived. The sound is clear
and there is absolutely no distortion. Entire show was recorded but
the taper shared only songs that did not appear on "How The West
Was Won" set.

Recording Includes:
What Is And What Should Never Be, Dancing Days, Moby Dick [ cut
].Source: Incomplete excellent soundboard
recording. 26 minutes.Details: The recording is a very good balanced
professional board tape.

Recording Includes:
Tape Drone >> Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker (<< Bouree,
Feelin' Groovy..), Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The
Hills And Far Away, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway To Heaven,
Going To California, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, What Is And What Should Never
Be, Dancing Days, Moby Dick, Rock And Roll.Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recording.
Circa 62 minutes.Details: The recording is a fully professional
mixdown of multitrack. Except for Tape Drone, Going To California, Bron-Yr-Aur
Stomp, What Is And What Should Never Be and Rock And Roll all songs
are mixed with Los Angeles June 25th, 1972 show. Furthermore, Stairway's
mellotron part has been merged with isolated track from Southampton
June 22nd, 1973 show. All songs underwent some extensive editing.

Comments:
Another great 1972 US show! Plant commented previous night: "That
was too much. That was really great!" and his voice is just wonderful
and the band once again turns in an excellent performance. Robert's
vocals are right up there, singing as high as on the album, and sometimes
higher! The medley is great and Jimmy's playing throughout, but especially
on Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker, and Since I've Been Loving You, is just
mind-boggling. Rock And Roll caps the event after the great medley and
Robert's voice is right up there!

JUNE 28 - TUCSON COMMUNITY
CENTER, TUCSON (AZ), UNITED STATES (WEDNESDAY, 8pm)

Recording Includes:
Tape Drone [ cut ] >> Immigrant Song >> Heartbreaker
(<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away, Since I've Been Loving You,
Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed And Confused
(<< Walter's Walk, The Crunge..), What Is And What Should Never
Be, Dancing Days, Moby Dick [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<<
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party,
Stuck On You, Hello Mary Lou, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..),
[ cut ], Rock And Roll.Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
143 minutes.Details: The sound is very enjoyable with
a little top end distortion. It sounds somewhat similar to Los Angeles
famous show but it lacks the bottom and it sounds more thiner. The tape
hiss is present but it's not very noticeable. Whole Lotta Love has some
speed issues in places. The taper says there is more encores to this
show and he is hoarding them still but a big caution must be taken to
these statements because we have no such evidences that the band performed
more songs that night.

Recording Includes:
Stairway To Heaven, Dazed And Confused, Whole Lotta Love, Rock And Roll,
Dancing Days, Moby Dick [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. 3 minutes.Details: The video is fairly distant, band
member height fills about one fourth of the screens height. Most,
if not all, bootleg versions are synched up with audio; however, some
of them are poorly synched also. Only LZ Official YouTube channel version
seems to be correctly merged. All versions have songs out of order.

Comments:
Something like a sister to previous shows. The playing is more comptact
and tight but it doesn't means less interesting. As always during this
tour, Dazed And Confused and the Whole Lotta Love medley, when Jonesy
plays organ instead of bass during entire medley, shines. No previews
tonight except for Over The Hills And Far Away.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing
Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, [ cut ], The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song, Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge..), [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (<< Just A Little Bit,
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, My Baby Left Me, Killing
Floor, I Can't Quit You Baby..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<<
Bouree..), Immigrant Song >> Communication Breakdown. Source: Incomplete good to very good 4th
audience recording. 131 minutes.Details: The bottom line overpowering a
little bit other instruments throughout but recording is still clear,
beside of some some hiss. The last three songs are lacking clarity completely.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing
Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain
Song, Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge..) [ cut ], Stairway
To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Everybody Needs
Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, My Baby Left Me, Killing Floor, I
Can't Quit You Baby..), [ cut ], Immigrant Song >> Communication
Breakdown. Source: Incomplete good to very good 5th
audience recording. 118 minutes.Details: The source was recorded not too
far away from the stage but the problem is bottom line, where the bass
and snare drum are a bit mushed in the mix. Also, the audience is very
noisy sometimes, clapping constantly. Beside of these flaws, the recording
is bright and very good balanced, also a bit hissy.

Recording Includes:
Announcements [ cut ], Rock And Roll, Over The Hills And Far
Away, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop
>> Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp,
The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, Dazed And Confused
(<< The Crunge..) [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta
Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love,
Boogie Chillun, My Baby Left Me, Killing Floor, I Can't Quit You Baby..)
[ cut ], [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..), [
cut ], Immigrant Song >> Communication Breakdown, Announcements
[ cut ]. Source: Incomplete good to very good 6th
audience recording. 128 minutes.Details: This audience source is more distant
one but still with the balance and the sound clearing a bit in time.
Plant's voice sound rough on occasions and bass and drums are muddy
in the mix.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing
Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, [ cut ], The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love
(<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, My Baby
Left Me, Killing Floor, I Can't Quit You Baby..) [ cut ].Source: Incomplete good to very good 7th
audience recording. Almost 80 minutes.Details: The tape is quite hissy, recorded
from some distance but has strong bottom end that is distorted a little
bit and still all the instruments are audible.

Recording Includes:
Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same, Dazed And
Confused [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Almost 4 minutes.Details: Very distant and visual details
cannot be seen. All circulated versions are either silent or poorly
synched. The official YouTube channel's version is also shorter for
about one minute but have songs synched rather properly.

Comments:
The first Japanese show from 1972 mixes some great playing with some
sloppiness. Robert's voice is still high and great but is showing signs
of coming down. Dazed And Confused is a strange version ... Jimmy seems
to be a measure ahead of the rest of the band and it sounds quite exciting!
Jones and Bonham drive this show.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
[ cut ], Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, [ cut ], The
Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, [ cut ], The Ocean.Source: Incomplete very good 1st audience
recording. 57 minutes.Details: A bit distant and somewhat flat
sounding tape, with rather nice atmosphere. Speed fluctuates a bit throughout.
The Ocean sounds as it was taped from a different location but also
it might be taken from another source.

Recording Includes:
Announcements, Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black
Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since
I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp [ cut ],
[ cut ], The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, Dazed
And Confused (<< The Crunge..).Source: Incomplete fair to good 2nd audience
recording. 91 minutes.Details: A distant and tiny but still acceptable
quality. The real problem with this source is that it was surfaced only
on acetate and all copies available are very scratchy, with a lot of
noise distortion throughout. Near the end of Dazed another song can
be heard underneath.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Whole
Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun,
Let's Have A Party, You Shook Me..), [ cut ], Immigrant Song,
[ cut ], The Ocean.Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience
recording. 92 minutes.Details: The tape has been recorded from
some distance but the bottom line is still overpowering throughout the
mix a little bit, what makes this source stronger sounding one. The
audio loses a little bit of its dynamics after Immigrant Song due to
the relocated taping position.

Recording Includes:
Announcements [ cut ], Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop
>> Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp,
The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, Dazed And Confused
(<< The Crunge..) [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta
Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's
Have A Party, You Shook Me..), [ cut ], Immigrant Song.Source: Incomplete very good 4th audience
recording. 130 minutes.Details: A very bright but somewhat shrill
sounding recording taped from some fair distance with vocals being most
prominent in the mix. The bottom line could be more well definied though
as it suffers from some kind of flatness. Both encores are not as clear
and bright as the one used for the majority of this show, again likely
because of repositioning of the taper.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge..),
Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody
To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, You Shook Me..) [ cut
], [ cut ], Immigrant Song, [ cut ], The Ocean.Source: Incomplete good to very good 5th
audience recording. 130 minutes. Details: The recording is clear and fairly
balanced taped from some distance, also covered in bass so it's deafening
the overall spectrum and drowns the guitar a bit. Overall, it is a very
good sounding tape.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song, Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge..) [ cut
], [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody
Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, You Shook
Me..), [ cut ], Immigrant Song, [ cut ], The Ocean, [
cut ], Announcements [ cut ]. Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
6th audience recording. 121 minutes.Details: This one has the instruments up
front. It still gets a little saturated though and shrill. The sound
is very bright, maybe a little bit painful for some listeners but this
is a very strong tape source. The encores are more muffled due to repositioning
of the taper.

Recording Includes:
Announcements [ cut ], Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop
>> Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp,
The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, [ cut ], Dazed
And Confused (<< The Crunge..), Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta
Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's
Have A Party, You Shook Me [ cut ]..), Immigrant Song, The Ocean,
Announcements [ cut ].Source: Incomplete good to very good 7th
audience recording. Almost 135 minutes.Details: The tape is reasonably clear but
there is some distortion throughout the show and some songs fare worse
than others. The audience are quiet for the most part but there is someone
with a clown horn and cowbell making intermittent noise here and there.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
[ cut ], Dancing Days [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, [ cut
], The Song Remaains The Same >> The Rain Song, [ cut ],
Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge..) [ cut ], [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love
(<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have
A Party, You Shook Me..).Source: Incomplete good to very good 8th
audience recording. 114 minutes.Details: The tape has a nice, wide spectrum.
However, it is somewhat distant source and not all the instruments are
well defined in the mix as the sound is somewhat muddy.

Recording Includes:
Announcements [ cut
], Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The
Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving
You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song, Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge..) [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody
To Love, Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, You Shook Me..), [ cut
], Immigrant Song, The Ocean.Recording: Incomplete fair to good 9th
audience recording. 128 minutes.Details: The recording is distant and rough.
It clears up for the announcements and during quiter parts but become
very fuzzy in some other parts when everything goes into extremely distorted
mush.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Misty Mountain Hop, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven,
Immigrant Song, The Ocean [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. 3 minutes.Details: A distant and very dark footage
so any details are barely visible fir the most of video. Available as
silent and synched versions.

Comments:
"It is very good to be back. When group come to Tokyo - group have
fun! We should clap you!" introducing Plant. A good show, although
the crowd doesn't create a very good atmosphere. Robert's voice is still
high and strong but shows definite signs of coming down within the next
three or four months, which it does. The band is excellent as always
and offers up excellent versions of Dazed And Confused and a very emotional
Since I've Been Loving You, which has Robert tearing his throat with
passion. The Song Remains The Same was introduced under a different
title: "Last night it was called Zep, tonight we'll call it The
Overture."

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You
[ cut ], [ cut ], Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, [ cut
], The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, [ cut ],
Dazed And Confused (<< San Francisco instrumental, The Crunge..),
[ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole
Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun,
Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do, Let's Have A Party, You Shook Me, The Lemon
Song..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..),
[ cut ], Immigrant Song.Source: Incomplete fair to good 1st audience
recording. 122 minutes.Details: Distorted and somewhat blurred
tape. The guitar and vocals are the most prominent and drums and bass
line are very boomy in the mix. The quality worsened for last half an
hour of the show, with music becoming more into a mush.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll [ cut ], Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black
Dog, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since
I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains
The Same >> The Rain Song, Dazed And Confused (<< San Francisco
instrumental, The Crunge..) [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Whole
Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun,
Got A Lot O' Livin To Do, Let's Have A Party, You Shook Me, The Lemon
Song..). Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience
recording. 108 minutes.Details: Taped from 5th row and a really
good sounding audience recording. All the instruments are up front and
well balanced with the audience in the background. There is some little
distortion on bass line in some spots.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, [ cut ], Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, [ cut ], The
Song Remains The Same [ cut ] >> The Rain Song, Dazed And
Confused (<< San Francisco instrumental, The Crunge..), [ cut
], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody
To Love, Boogie Chillun, Got A Lot O' Livin To Do, Let's Have A Party,
You Shook Me, The Lemon Song..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<<
Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..), [ cut ], Immigrant Song.Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience
recording. 121 minutes.Details: Another very clear and great good
sounding tape. The difference is that this taped from just some more
distance. Also, there's no distorion on bottom line.

Comments:
An excellent, although rather nervous show from Robert. The band is
on fire though and really rips through the set. Robert's voice is good
although he has increasing trouble sustaining his high range. Dancing
Days is explosive and Dazed And Confused is excellent. The medley in
Whole Lotta Love is a lot of fun and the old 50's covers sound excellent,
especially Robert's singing.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Misty Mountain
Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp,
The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, [ cut ], Dazed
And Confused [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Whole
Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun,
I Feel So Good, Let's Have A Party, You Shook Me..), [ cut ],
Mellotron Solo (<< Sakura Sakura..) >> Thank You.Source: Incomplete good 1st audience source.
Near 115 minutes.Details: A distant, muddy and hissy tape
that sounds like it was recorded under the towel but no serious distortion
here. It still holds the dynamics and some fragments are brighter a
little bit.

Recording Includes:
Announcements [ cut ], Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro
>> Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving
You, Dancing Days, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song, [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<< The Crunge,
As Long As I Have You..) [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta
Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, Feel
So Good, Let's Have A Party, You Shook Me..).Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd
audience source. 111 minutes.Details: This source is somewhat bassy
and distant but very audible and snare drum holds most of the recording
together. There is no distortion but the bass is kinda blurred at places.

Comments:
Another very good show from this tour with Over The Hills And Far Away
temporarily removed from the set. Dazed And Confused is very beautiful
including some great wah-wah work at the beginning and a spine chilling
bow solo along with earth shattering improvisation from all the band
members. The medley is great and Jones mellotron solo is very eerie
and features a Japanese folk song.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, [ cut
], Moby Dick, [ cut ], Stand By Me, Immigrant Song.Source: Incomplete good to very good 1st
audience recording. 75 minutes.Details: This is rather clear but a bit
distant recording with some distortion in the bottom line. The guitar
is fairly exposed in the mix but the bass is overhelming everything
a little bit in places. Because of distance, the recording is somewhat
blurred.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, [ cut
], Dazed And Confused (<< Down By The River, The Crunge..), Stairway
To Heaven, Moby Dick, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody
Needs Somebody To Love, Something's Got A Hold On Me, (I Can't Get No)
Satisfaction, Leave My Woman Alone, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Heartbreak Hotel,
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..)
[ cut ], [ cut ], Stand By Me, Immigrant Song.Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience
recording. 143 minutes.Details: Taped from 5th row and a really
good sounding and nicely positioned tape. The guitar is the most prominent
instrument in this source throughout the show and the rest of the band
is also in a good balance but they are pushed a little back in the mix.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song [ cut
], [ cut ], Dazed And Confused (<< Be On My Side, The Crunge..),
Stairway To Heaven [ cut ].Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience
recording. Almost 87 minutes.Details: Taped somewhere in the middle
of the hall, the recording is just a bit distant with drums and vocals
being maybe brighter in the mix than the rest of instruments. The sound
is sharp and clean throughout and some hiss is presented.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You,
Dancing Days, The Song Remains The Same >> The Rain Song, Dazed
And Confused [ cut ], Moby Dick [ cut ], [ cut
], Whole Lotta Love [ cut ].Source: Incomplete very good 4th audience
recording. 71 minutes.Details: A bit less distant tape but with
a little more echo and with a bit less clearness throughout. With this
recording the drums and cymbals being in favour and guitar is less dominating
instrument here.

Comments:
An experimental set during the second Japanese tour, this show is very
loud, fast, and exciting. "We've just come back from Hong Kong.
We went to Hong Kong for a few days and we're well knackered!"
told Plant. His voice is still in good shape and the band is an amazing
instrumental machine that grooves. The band still looking for the title
for The Song Remains The Same and tonight Plant introduced: "We
can't find a name for it. We'll call it ... The Campaign". Dazed
And Confused has some song references in the middle and is very long
and excellent. Moby Dick was performed only once during that show and
the percussionist was announced as John "Samurai" Bonham!
The Whole Lotta Love medley has almost no blues, only fast rockabilly
songs, and the group really flies! The encores are great, especially
Stand By Me, which sounds wonderful with Robert's voice.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Misty Mountain
Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You, The Song Remains The Same >>
The Rain Song [ cut ], Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven
[ cut ], Over The Hills And Far Away, Whole Lotta Love (<<
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Boogie Chillun, That's Alright Mama,
Lights Out, Going Down Slow, The Shape I'm In..), [ cut ], Immigrant
Song.Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience
source. Almost 101 minutes.Details: Sharp but also muddled in places
recording with the vocals and guitar mixing together underneath the
bass and drums a little bit. It is still a really good and clear tape.

Recording Includes:
Out On The Tiles Intro
[ cut ] > Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've
Been Loving You, The Song Remains The Same > The Rain Song, Dazed
And Confused, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven [ cut ], Over
The Hills And Far Away, Whole Lotta Love (<< Everybody Needs Somebody
To Love, Boogie Chillun, That's Alright Mama, Light Out, Going Down
Slow, The Shape I'm In..), [ cut ], Immigrant Song, [ cut
], Announcements.Source: Incomplete good to very good 3rd
audience source. Near 90 minutes.Details: A good sounding and also somewhat
overloaded recording with fairly clear vocals and guitar, and with the
drums and bass blurred in the mix.

Comments:
The last gig of the 1972 Japan tour and a very short, high speed set.
Some reports says that concert was shortened because the band didn't
want to miss the last train to Tokyo. Really great sound and some songs
are excellent, like Since I've Been Loving You and Stairway To Heaven.
Other songs like Dazed And Confused and the Whole Lotta Love medley
seem rushed and lack the usual inclusions. The boys can be heard (barely)
discussing what track to play next - Moby Dick can be heard - but Over
The Hills And Far Away must have won out. Plant sends the security detail
out after a "bloke taking pictures" commentary. Everything
is played perfectly and exactly, although lacking the soul of previous
shows on the tour. Robert's voice is great but this would be the last
time his voice was as high pitched and wild, as it would never be the
same starting in 1973.

Comments:
An excellent, although low-key, gig and the first of the 1972-1973 English
Tour. The band rolls throughout the whole set, have a lot of fun (Plant
introduced Misty Mountain Hop as My Brain Hurts according to Monty Python
sketch), and presented a nice version of Dazed And Confused featuring
some funky interludes from the three instrumentalists. The end medley
is short and sweet and Heartbreaker flies away! Jones' mellotron solo
is haunting and pastoral, perfectly capturing the mood of England in
November.

Comments:
An almost complete recording of a really solid, kinetic and highly inspired
show. Packed with lots of unique little moments all over and lots of
interesting ad-libs from Plant, who gives a pretty strong performance,
this show is significantly better than latter 1972 UK dates. Page is
in a very inventive mood which really captures the listener's attention
throughout. Some strange mic issues for Robert during Rock And Roll
as first few lines are completely absent from the recording. Dazed stands
out as fluent and strong with great, eerie bowing ("What about
James Brown?"). The Whole Lotta Love medley is superb and includes
a prety standard medley for the time. A real gem are four encores. Starts
off with a furious version of Immigrant Song, it leads to Heartbreaker.
Close to the end of the middle guitar solo, Page shifts from his unaccompanied
hoe-down soloing and starts playing the riff to Mona by Bo Diddley,
which the band launch into, complete with Plant singing the verses.
Several seconds later, Page transitions to the riff from another Diddley's
classic, Pretty Thing to finish off the jam before resuming the main
solo. The crowd applause before Thank You is just wonderful to listen
to! Perfectly captures the atmosphere. Thank You rounds it all off with
Page being effortlessly sublime. This is really a wonderful find, to
have a complete, consistently good-sounding recording of a solid show
from the first half of their career appear seemingly out of nowhere!

Bootleg CD
Reference(s): Playing
For The People (Beelzebub Records) & Stuck On You (The Diagrams
Of Led Zeppelin)

Comments:
An excellent, powerful show in front of a really ecstatic crowd. The
atmosphere is captured perfectly and the band plays very powerfully.
Jimmy in particular is having an incredibly on night. Misty Mountain
Hop leading into Since I've Been Loving You is great and dramatic and
Dazed And Confused is a powerhouse performance.

Comments:
A very energetic and fiery show. The instrumental machine is on a roll
and Robert' though careful with the range of his voice, is still extremely
powerful and high. The rowd is noisy so it leaded Plant to the statement:
"Every time we come to Manchester, there's a lot of people shouting
out." Dazed And Confused is a slick and incredible version and
Jimmy outplays himself in his solo from Since I've Been Loving You.
The medley is very fast and spontaneous and there's a nice selection
of encores, played with guts.

Comments:
Only last few songs were recorded. The Whole Lotta Love medley is played
by passion and the atmosphere is so good that the band tretated the
audience with Old McDonald Had A Farm before as they launched to Immigrant
Song. A very nice version of Thank You closing this evening.

Comments:
A very goos show from Robert's hometown. One point of great interest
is that early on in The Rain Song John Paul Jones has big problems with
the Mellotron, which goes out of tune, and he had to scurry across to
the organ and play that instrument for the rest of the song. The first
and only time I think in a Led Zeppelin concert, most surprising considering
what a precocious instrument the Mellotron is. Dazed And Confused interestingly
contains a snippet of the descending riff from In The Light during the
final section.

Recording Includes:
Out On The Tiles Intro >> Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop >>
Since I've Been Loving You [ cut ], [ cut ], Whole Lotta
Love (<< Just A Little Bit, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love,
Boogie Chillun, Let's Have A Party, Jenny Jenny, Mystery Train, Heartbreak
Hotel, Going Down Slow, I Can't Quit You Baby..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker
(<< Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..).Source: Incomplete very good audience recording.
52 minutes.Details: The tape is clear and well balanced.
The reason why this show is so incomplete is that the taper managed
to tape over the majority of the set with a Rory Gallager gig and some
Faces BBC recordings.

Comments:
This show is a real gem, sadly only a fragment. It was recorded by a
teenager who had little money for cassettes, and he recorded over much
of this concert later at a Rory Gallagher concert. What a terrible shame
as it was an amazing concert by all accounts.

Comments:
This is the second to last gig from the 1972 part of the UK tour, and
an excellent gig in front of an unresponsive and dull audience. "It's
a bit warmer than the last gig we managed to pull off - that was at
that notorious Wembley place. Well, I think we must install the warmith
of our bodies into this place very quickly, before we all freeze! It's
always the same - freezing!" Plant told to the audience. Being
on rather Christmas spirit, he added later in the vening: "You
lucky people. It's getting very close to Christmas and if we were all
as straight as we used to be, we should be at the office party now."
Jimmy and Jonesy are amazing throughout and Bonzo hammers away. Robert
sounds fine, except for his upper range, which is a little rusty. He
still has all of the passion and power, as well as a great sense of
humor. The sound problems caused that only a half or so fans could heard
Led Zeppelin in their best. This concert should be also remembered as
the first one, where Jimmy launched San Francisco theme during Dazed,
yet no so well receipted.

Recording Includes:
Rock And Roll, Over The Hills And Far Away, Out On The Tiles Intro >>
Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop >> Since I've Been Loving You [
cut ].Source: Incomplete fair to good 2nd audience
recording. 28 minutes.Details: The tape is overloaded and distant.

Comments:
This is the final show of 1972 and the audience is so cool and restrained
that it is annoying! The show itself is very good though, and the playing
is wonderful and aggressive. "Good evening! A merry 23rd of December!
Tonight we've got Father Christmas himself with us - John Bonham! Tin
Pan Alley's answer to Father Christmas!" Plant joking. He seems
to be having slight problems in the beginning but settles down and delivers
a good show. There are some great solos from Jimmy, especially in Since
I've Been Loving You, where he is just playing pure, inspired blues
from the soul. A restless audience stops Stairway To Heaven a minute
plus into the song. After Plant's seating instructions, they start the
song again: "Listen, I gotta tell you something before you all
start shrieking about. First, it is the 23rd December and it is supposed
to be the season of goodwill. So, if you all sit down, there's people
at the back who prefer to sit, 'cos really it's one of the hardest numbers
to do without a monkey house going crazy!" Moby Dick was calling
by the member of the audience, which inclinated Plant to answer: "He
doesn't do Moby Dick anymore. He's writing a new one. It's called The
Titanic." An excellent storming version of Heartbreaker was dedicated
by Plant to Roy Harper, group's friend and fellowship musician. A really
enjoyable show and one I like as much as the previous night but again
the sound problems caused that only a half or so fans could heard Led
Zeppelin in their best.